Fruit Gems
(12" x 24", oil on canvas)

After working on large format paintings for the past few months, I found it difficult to return to some smaller sizes. After a few false starts, I pulled out some of my favorite things and re-visited one of my most favoured size canvases.

The white grapes are quite distinctive, owing to the various sizes of grapes in a cluster. They are also not really white, but rather a pale green with tinges of red, making them ideal to pair with the orange. I like how everything sits comfortably in this space and think I have my small format "groove" back.

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